Events related to topic urban-planning

It’s time again to join our expertise and do what we do best: cooperate! The City of Turku and the UBC Planning and Sustainable Cities Commissions invite you to our joint meeting “Revitalizing urban space connected to the Sea” on 13-15 September 2023 in Turku, Finland.

Welcome to Europe’s leading event to make cities sustainable! Urban Future 2023 takes place in Stuttgart, Germany.

We warmly welcome the experts from the UBC member cities to join and actively participate in the meeting. The meeting would involve a short presentation of UGP from Riga followed by an open discussion and exchange of experience with a focus on management and the implementation process by all the participants. Insights and experiences from fellow UBC cities would significantly contribute to Riga’s endeavours in improving urban climate resilience.

The Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building of Germany (Chair of the VASAB CSPD/BSR in 2022/23) invite to join the conference on the updated VASAB Vision 2040 “Vibrant, Resilient, Well-connected – The Baltic Sea Region in 2040”.

This webinar is coming in preparations to the joint Commission meeting of the UBC Planning and Sustainable Cities Commissions coming in Turku on 13-15 September 2023. We will look into the local approaches to the revitalisation of urban space from the holistic perspective ensuring urban planning done sustainably. The webinar will provide a basis for the discussions for the participants of the Commission meeting while also serving as a self-standing informational event, so everyone is welcome to join.

Velo-city is the European Cyclists’ Federation's flagship cycling summit, where advocates, cities, decision- and policy makers, researchers and industry leaders from around the world meet to shape the future of cycling. The summit plays a valuable role in promoting cycling as a sustainable and healthy means of transport for all. It offers a knowledge-exchange and policy-transfer platform to the growing number of more than 1400 Velo-citizens from over 60 countries involved in the policy, promotion and provision for cycling, active mobility and sustainable urban development.

The CITIES FORUM is the place and moment to exchange on the urban dimension of Cohesion Policy, the Urban Agenda for the EU, the role of cities in implementing the European Green Deal, the EU response to the urban dimension of the 2030 Territorial Agenda, as well as highlight the new EU level initiatives developed in order to support cities.

The ICLEI World Congress 2021 – 2022: The Malmö Summit will take place in person and virtually on 11-13 May 2022. Join to exchange on the best practices in local sustainable development!

UBC Sustainable Cities invites you to the Commission meeting in Greifswald, Germany on 27–28 April 2022! The first offline event after the coronavirus-caused break will be under the topic "Sustainable Cities: Trends and Challenges in the Baltic Sea Region".

Port and ferry terminal areas can sometimes overlap with urban centres and create tensions in the movement of residents. How to plan safe and sustainable integration of the industrial areas into the lively urban spaces and take the best from holistic and sustainable mobility solutions?

For three years, the HUPMOBILE project has been developing a holistic approach to sustainable mobility solutions in port cities of the Baltic Sea Region. Now it’s time to share our achievements and lessons learned with the region! Welcome to the HUPMOBILE Final Seminar!

Digital Solutions for 1.5 Degree Cities and Citizens Lahti – European Green Capital 2021 will host the Ecocity Forum Lahti on 2 November 2021 at 9-12 (CET) / 10-13 (EET), gathering decision-makers, companies, city experts and researchers. We are all united by a single cause: building cities of the future that are healthy, ecologically sustainable, that provide infrastructure, innovations and services that enable citizens to live more sustainably.